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WALKER, John Harrison Jr - Date of
birth
20 June 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri -
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-797200 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
328th Fighter Squadron,
352nd Fighter Group
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
8 February 1944 - Place of
death
Northeast boundary of Burelles, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
John H. Walker (father)
Iona I. (Price) Walker (mother)
Doris Walker (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-8527 -
Data
Type: P47 D5
Destination: Waxweiler, Germany
Mission: Bomber escort and ramrod
MACR: 2152
More information
John H. Walker, Jr. graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the University of Marylandand was employed at Railway Express.He volunteered for the Army Air Corps on 26 March 1942 in Washington, D.C.
Lt Walker was one of several P-47s of 328th Red flight who were escorting a crippled B-17 when they were attacked by five enemy aircraft. Lts James Meagher, John Walker, and Harold Nussman were shot down during this attack, and two other P-47s were badly damaged but could stagger back to base.
Lt Walker is remembered at Bellview Cemetery in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com, University of Maryland, yearbook 1941